• Title of article

    Novel Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Author/Authors

    Hashemi, Mansoureh Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Zali, Alireza Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    39
  • To page
    45
  • Abstract
    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a multifarious neurodegenerative disorder that leads to cognitive impairment and dementia in late adult life. Pathology hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease were observed intracellular neurofibrillary tangles and extracellular amyloidal protein. According to pathology of this disease, abundant studies were performed with focused on pharmacological therapeutics over the last two decades. Current treatments for AD are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (rivastigmine, galantamine, donepezil) and N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist (memantine) that can decrease the progression of the disease. In this review, authors will discuss the various aspects of pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Keywords
    Alzheimer’s disease , amyloid precursor protein , amyloid-beta , neurofibrillary tangles , acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2017
  • Record number

    2444083